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Nominating Committee (Board of Directors)

The Nominating Committee is an operating committee of the OPTN chaired by the Vice President/President-Elect. It meets to review and recommend candidates for election to the Board of Directors as Officers and Directors. The Board of Directors will consider the recommendations of the Nominating Committee and may make changes before attaching its final list of nominees to the notice of the annual meeting, or any special meeting called to elect Officers and Directors.

chair icon Chair
  • Dr. Lloyd E Ratner
  • NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center
liaison icon Liaison
Members Organization Position End Term Date
Denise Abbey General Public Region 9 At Large 6/30/2025  
Dr. Caroline E Alquist Hoxworth Blood Center Transplantation Immunology Laboratory At Large 6/30/2025  
Brittany Clayborne General Public Region 4 At Large 6/30/2025  
Ms. Dorrie A Dils Gift of Life Michigan At Large 6/30/2025  
Dr. Richard N Formica Yale New Haven Hospital At Large 6/30/2025  
Dr. Adrienne J Goodrich-Doctor Division of Transplantation, HHS Ex Officio (non voting) 6/30/2025  
Dr. Catherine E Kling University of Washington Medical Center At Large 6/30/2025  
Dr. Dianne LaPointe Rudow Mount Sinai Medical Center At Large 6/30/2025  
Jennifer Lau General Public Region 7 At Large 6/30/2025  
Dr. Macey L Levan NYU Langone Health At Large 6/30/2026  
Dr. Maureen A McBride UNOS Employees Ex Officio (non voting) 6/30/2025  
Dr. Jerry McCauley Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Advisor (non-voting) 6/30/2025  
Mr. Christopher J McLaughlin Division of Transplantation, HHS Ex Officio (non voting) 6/30/2025  
Dr. Silas P Norman University of Michigan Medical Center At Large 6/30/2025  
Dr. Sara K Rasmussen Nationwide Children's Hospital At Large 6/30/2025  
Jennifer Reese The Cleveland Clinic Foundation At Large 6/30/2025  
Julie Spear General Public Region 8 At Large 6/30/2025  

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